SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Increasingly Significant Issue

[Benjamin Fortson]

On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Kathleen E. Miller wrote:
> I always thought (at least the way I was taught and after making the
> mistake "Er ist unserer Freund") that the Germans had a good idea in
> differentiating "mein Freund" and "ein Freund von mir," but alas, my last
> trip back introduced me to "mit meinem Boyfriend."

Yes; "Der Coach ist der Trainer eines Teams" is now perfectly good German.

Ben